Commander-in-chief of the Red Army and the People's Liberation Army, first of the ten marshals of 1955. His forces joined Mao Zedong's at 井冈山 in 1928, and the two were long named together as 朱毛.
Zhū Dé hé Máo Zédōng lǐngdǎo le Jǐnggāngshān huìshī.
Zhu De and Mao Zedong led the joining of forces at Jinggangshan.
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Born 朱代珍, he passed the 1905 prefectural exam as 朱建德 and became plain 朱德 while studying in Germany. Mao summed up their partnership: 朱毛，朱毛，没有朱，哪有毛？ 'Zhu-Mao, Zhu-Mao: without Zhu, where would Mao be?'
